Topic: Connecting films

[Serge]

Duck Soup (1933) to Y tu mamá también (2001)

'Duck Soup' was directed by LEO McCAREY, who later directed...
'An Affair To Remember', which starred CARY GRANT, as did...
'North By Northwest', which featured MARTIN LANDAU, who, decades later turned up in...
'Ed Wood', alongside BILL MURRAY, who played the title role in...
'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou', which also featured CATE BLANCHETT, who co-starred in...
'Babel', which also featured GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, who was one of the stars of...
'Y Tu Mamá También'!

'Way Out West' to 'Back To The Future'

[surreal]

WAY OUT WEST starred OLIVER HARDY
who was in THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIANS with JOHN WAYNE
who was in THE SHOOTIST which also featured SCATMAN CROTHERS
who was in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST with CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
who was in BACK TO THE FUTURE


right... Metropolis to Fight Club

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Metropolis was directed by Fritz Lang
Who also directed The Big Heat
Which starred Lee Marvin
Who was in Gorky Park
Which featured Michael Elphick
Who was in Withnail and I
Which starred Paul McGann
Who was in Alien 3
Which was directed by David Fincher
Who directed Fight Club

Casablanca to Robocop

[Serge]

'Casablanca' stars HUMPHREY BOGART, who also starred in...
'Beat The Devil', which featured BERNARD LEE, as did...
'The Third Man', featuring ORSON WELLES, who starred in and directed a version of...
'Macbeth', with MacDuff played by DAN O'HERLIHY, who also happened to be in...
'Robocop'

'Vivre Sa Vie' and 'Blazing Saddles'

[kidsick5000]

'Casablanca' stars HUMPHREY BOGART, who also starred in...
'Beat The Devil', which featured BERNARD LEE, as did...
'The Third Man', featuring ORSON WELLES, who starred in and directed a version of...
'Macbeth', with MacDuff played by DAN O'HERLIHY, who also happened to be in...
'Robocop'

'Vivre Sa Vie' and 'Blazing Saddles'

I confess, had to look the first bit up but the rest is memory...

Anna Karina in Vivre Sa Vie. Also in
Before Winter Comes with John Hurt
who was Jesus in History Of The World Part 1, written directed starring Mel Brooks
as was Blazing Saddles


Carry On Sergeant to Dead Man
(trying to think of a tough one , but chnces are its a two move thing)

[Serge]

I can't do it in two moves, but I'll happily bow down towards anyone who can...

'Carry On Sergeant' shares (amongst others) SHIRLEY EATON with the later...
'Carry On Constable', which features the great LESLIE PHILLIPS, who, decades later, turned up in...
'King Ralph', as did JOHN HURT, who's in...
'Dead Man'

'Young Sherlock Holmes' and 'Three Colours: Blue'

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Young Sherlocke Holmes was produced by Steven Spielberg
Who directed Empire of the Sun
Which starred Christian Bale
Who was in Public Enemies
Which also starred Johnny Depp
Who was in Chocolat
Which also starred Juliet Binoche
Who was in Dracula Bleurgh

Dr Strangelove to Desperado.

[dr_christian_troy]

DR STRANGELOVE
was directed by STANLEY KUBRICK
who also directed
THE SHINING
starring Shelley Duvall
who also starred in
BREWSTER MCCLOUD
starring Stacy Keach
who also starred in
UP IN SMOKE
starring Cheech Marin
who also starred in
DESPERADO

or

DR STRANGELOVE
starred Peter Sellers
who also starred in
CASINO ROYALE
which also starred Woody Allen
who starred in
ANYTHING ELSE
with Christina Ricci
who also starred in
SLEEPY HOLLOW
with Johnny Depp
who starred in
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
starring Antonio Banderas
who was also in
DESPERADO

The 400 Blows (1959) to 300 (2007)

[kidsick5000]

Young Sherlocke Holmes was produced by Steven Spielberg
Who directed Empire of the Sun
Which starred Christian Bale
Who was in Public Enemies
Which also starred Johnny Depp
Who was in Chocolat
Which also starred Juliet Binoche
Who was in Dracula Bleurgh

You can drop a space there because rofessional mad looking, borderline tramp Freddie Jones was in YSH
and he was also in The Libertine wth Depp

The 400 Blows (1959) to 300 (2007)

400 blows directed by Francois Truffaut who starred in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
also starring Richard dreyfuss who was Dick Cheney in W. with Thandie Newton who was in Rocknrolla with Gerard Butler who WORE. A. BEARD. in 300


The Bulldog Breed to Street Kings

[Bad Ambassador]

The Bulldog Breed to Street Kings

The Bulldog Breed features MICHAEL CAINE who was in
Bullseye! with ROGER MOORE who was in
Spice World with HUGH LAURIE was in
Street Kings.

A Hard Day's Night to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

[kidsick5000]

The Bulldog Breed features MICHAEL CAINE who was in
Bullseye! with ROGER MOORE who was in
Spice World with HUGH LAURIE was in
Street Kings.

Not a bad thing but seeing how short that was genuinely made me exclaim FUCK out loud. :)
Like I said before Caine is a key lynchpin to all movie history. Without him it would all fall in on itself.Him and John Hurt it seems.

A Hard Day's Night to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

A Hard Days Night starred George HArrison
who cameoed in The LIfe Of Brian with John Cleese
who was in Charlies Angels 2 with Shia Labeof.

A ISIHAC classic - Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia to Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia starred Warren Oates
Who was in Stripes
Which starred Bill Murray
Who was in Coffee and Cigarettes
Which was directed by Jim Jarmusch
Who directed Ghost Dog

Labyrinth to Pan's Labyrinth

[kidsick5000]

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia starred Warren Oates
Who was in Stripes
Which starred Bill Murray
Who was in Coffee and Cigarettes
Which was directed by Jim Jarmusch
Who directed Ghost Dog

Labyrinth to Pan's Labyrinth

Labyrinth's Jennifer Connelly in Inkheart (and bed) with Paul Bettany in Legion with Doug Jones who was in Pan's Labyrinth

[DJ Solid Snail]

Am I the only one going, "Right, first one... not seen it... next first one...not seen it, next first one..seen it but there's no stars in it. Balls" and on and on?

Is my knowledge of films pants or are you lot cheating and using IMDb? Shirley there's no fun in that!

[Bad Ambassador]

Using IMDb is n't cheating in my book, especially if people keep choosing difficult routes.
 
For my own amusement: Batman: the Movie to The Dark Knight:
Batman: the Movie starred FRANK GORSHIN who was in
Twelve Monkeys with BRAD PITT who was in
Se7en with MORGAN FREEMAN who was in
The Dark Knight.

[dr_christian_troy]

Am I the only one going, "Right, first one... not seen it... next first one...not seen it, next first one..seen it but there's no stars in it. Balls" and on and on?

Is my knowledge of films pants or are you lot cheating and using IMDb? Shirley there's no fun in that!

I think it's fun either way, but even if you use IMDB and prove how completely different films from different eras and countries can still connect, it's still quite fascinating (to me anyways).